Playable Cities: Designing Playful Urban Spaces

Year 2025, Volume: 13 Issue: 3, 1250 - 1288, 31.07.2025

Pelin Keçecioğlu Dağlı

https://doi.org/10.29130/dubited.1532788

Abstract

The innovative approach of integrating play and interaction into urban spaces aims to transform
cityscapes into dynamic, engaging and inclusive spaces that both increase the quality of life of citizens
and attract tourists. Playable cities encourage social interaction, creativity and physical activity by
combining interactive and/or participatory activities, digital games, etc. Playable cities, which also
include smart technologies and environmentally sensitive design, increase the quality of life of citizens
and support urban ecology and urban resilience. This approach, in addition to being compatible with
broader urban planning goals, plays an effective role in ensuring that individuals communicate with
each other and cultural characteristics to continue. As cities continue to grow and expand over the
years, the integration of fun designs and/or elements into public spaces provides the opportunity to
make cities more livable and enjoyable for everyone. It also makes it possible to redefine urban
experience in different ways and to align technological innovation with social well-being and
environmental sustainability. In this context, the study aims to provide urban and landscape designers
with a comprehensive understanding of playable cities and playful urban spaces. It aims to examine
playable cities from the perspectives of playable urban design, playable urban furniture, landscape
architecture, urban identity, tourism and social sustainability and to summarize their relationships. In
addition, the study examines some examples to visualize the playability of urban designs and urban
elements while analyzing them. It is thought that this comprehensive approach will form an important
basis for future design studies to design user-centered, environmentally and climate-compatible urban
landscapes.

Keywords

Smart cities , Playable cities , Playful urban design , Public space , Playability

Oynanabilir Kentler: Eğlenceli Kentsel Alanlar Tasarlamak

Abstract

Oyun ve etkileşimi kentsel alanlara entegre eden yenilikçi yaklaşım, kent peyzajını hem vatandaşların
yaşam kalitesini artıran hem de turist çeken dinamik, ilgi çekici ve kapsayıcı alanlara dönüştürmeyi
amaçlamaktadır. Oynanabilir kentler, etkileşimli ve/veya katılımcı aktiviteleri, dijital oyunları vb.
birleştirerek sosyal etkileşimi, yaratıcılığı ve fiziksel aktiviteyi teşvik etmektedir. Akıllı teknolojileri
ve çevreye duyarlı tasarımı da içeren oynanabilir kentler, vatandaşların yaşam kalitesini arttırmakta,
kentsel ekolojiyi ve kentsel dayanıklılığı desteklemektedir. Bu yaklaşım, daha geniş kentsel planlama
hedefleriyle uyumlu olmasının yanı sıra, bireylerin birbirleriyle iletişim kurmasını ve kültürel
özelliklerin devam etmesini sağlamada etkili bir rol oynamaktadır. Kentler yıllar içinde büyümeye ve genişlemeye devam ettikçe, eğlenceli tasarımların ve/veya öğelerin kamusal alanlara entegre edilmesi,
kentleri herkes için daha yaşanabilir ve keyifli hale getirme fırsatı sunmaktadır. Ayrıca, kentsel
deneyimi farklı şekillerde yeniden tanımlamayı ve teknolojik yeniliği sosyal refah ve çevresel
sürdürülebilirlikle uyumlu hale getirmeyi mümkün kılmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, çalışma kentsel tasarım
ve peyzaj mimarlığı disiplinlerine oynanabilir kentler ve eğlenceli kentsel alanlar hakkında kapsamlı
bir anlayış sağlamayı amaçlamaktadır. Oynanabilir kentleri oynanabilir kentsel tasarım, oynanabilir
kent mobilyaları, peyzaj mimarlığı, kentsel kimlik, turizm ve sosyal sürdürülebilirlik
perspektiflerinden incelemeyi ve aralarındaki ilişkileri özetlemeyi hedeflemektedir. Ayrıca, çalışmada
kentsel tasarımların ve kentsel öğelerin oynanabilirliğini görselleştirmek için bazı örnekler incelenerek
analiz edilmektedir. Bu kapsamlı yaklaşımın, kullanıcı merkezli, çevresel ve iklim uyumlu kentsel
peyzaj alanlarını tasarlamak için gelecekteki tasarım çalışmaları için önemli bir temel oluşturacağı
düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

Akıllı kentler , Oynanabilir kentler , Eğlenceli kentsel tasarım , Kamusal Alan , Oynanabilirlik

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